K. E. DyerVirginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine
Dept. of Health Behavior and Policy
Richmond, VA, USA United States

Karen E. Dyer, PhD, MPH is a postdoctoral fellow in Cancer Prevention and Control in the Department of Health Behavior and Policy, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her doctorate in Medical Anthropology and MPH in Community and Family Health from the University of South Florida. Her research has focused on the sociocultural and behavioral aspects of cancer and survivorship, especially among women, with her most recent project examining long-term colorectal cancer survivors’ experiences with and preferences for cancer follow-up healthcare. Her work has been published in both social science journals and clinically-focused journals.

J. CoreilUniversity of South Florida
College of Public Health
Dept. of Community and Family Health
Tampa, Florida, USA (Retired) United States

Jeannine Coreil, PhD (retired) held the position of Professor with the Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida and with the Department of Anthropology, University of Miami. Trained in medical anthropology and social-behavioral sciences, Dr. Coreil’s areas of research included infectious diseases, illness support groups, women’s health and qualitative research methods. She has conducted sociomedical and ethnographic research among Haitian Americans and Hispanics, in addition to numerous studies of cultural factors and health in Haiti since 1978. Her most recent research focused on stigma and tuberculosis in Haitian populations, and cultural diversity within breast cancer support groups in Florida.